tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922801686022118032.post5509940683545765795..comments2015-06-26T09:34:55.884-07:00Comments on Wasai Taiwan: True stories about Taiwan that make people say Wasai (Wow): Wasai--- Foreigner's NightWasai Taiwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16587706817729849563noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922801686022118032.post-48013093419770764372010-04-01T02:13:24.844-07:002010-04-01T02:13:24.844-07:00http://www.coomararunodaya.com/http://www.coomararunodaya.com/Sunrise Global Solutionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03126124435347126418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922801686022118032.post-78610520791145820262008-04-22T07:23:00.000-07:002008-04-22T07:23:00.000-07:00I don't think it's either.Frankly speaking, many l...I don't think it's either.<BR/>Frankly speaking, many local gals come to the foreigner's night for ONS. No one is looking for a romantic real relationship when you are drunk and I am horny.<BR/>and to marry a foreigner in many cases will bring the girl somewhere physically farther - say if they leave taiwan.Cecilia Muhttp://cherryland.spaces.live.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6922801686022118032.post-92124779672550339872007-12-26T07:35:00.000-08:002007-12-26T07:35:00.000-08:00I'm not sure that this qualifies as reverse discri...I'm not sure that this qualifies as reverse discrimination, but it IS a form of price discrimination. I assume the bar-owners are rational actors, and so deduce the following:<BR/><BR/>1) Bar owners want to attract more foreigners to their bars, and reducing prices for that market segment is a good way to do that. Perhaps they make up the loss in terms of sales volume.<BR/><BR/>Or...perhaps not. In which case, deduction #2 may be a better explanation.<BR/><BR/>2) Any ill-feeling some Taiwanese might have regarding the policy may be outweighed by the happiness of other Taiwanese that more foreigners are now available in a social setting for them to chat with (and possibly practice their English with).<BR/><BR/>On top of this, some Taiwanese have romantic preferences for foreigners as well. For them, more foreigners in the bars equals more chances of meeting Mr. (or Miss) Right. Bring more foreigners into the bar, and the bar will automatically attract more of this market segment. <BR/><BR/>I've been remiss in asking the Taiwanese guys I know why they feel this way, but I HAVE asked some of the gals. I've been told that these women feel foreigners (Western foreigners, anyways) are more romantic - they open doors for ladies, etc. That kind of stuff makes an impression on them. And finally, if marriage DOES happen, foreign men usually don't object to their Taiwanese wives maintaining their relationship with their family.<BR/><BR/>This, I thought was a bit surprising. What these women have told me is that in Taiwan, the husband and husband's family often pressure the wife to maintain a distance from her family. If a Taiwanese woman has a particularly close relationship with her family, this expectation may be especially onerous to her. Hence, her preference for marriageable foreigners.The Foreignerhttp://foreignerinformosa.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com